Addison Mizner on cities
Addison Mizner9 quotes“It is my plan to create a city that is direct and simple… To leave out all that is ugly, to eliminate the unnecessary, and to give Florida and the nation a resort city as perfect as study and ideals can make it.”
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God gives us our relatives – thank God we can choose our friends.
Addison MiznerAddison Mizner Never call a man a fool; borrow from him
Addison MiznerAddison Mizner Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.
Addison MiznerAddison Mizner Where there is a will there is a lawsuit.
Addison MiznerAddison Mizner Poets are born, not paid.
Addison MiznerAddison Mizner Where there’s a will, there’s a lawsuit.
Addison MiznerAddison Mizner Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.
Addison MiznerAddison Mizner They also swear who only stand and wait.
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Thoughts on a tapestry. Colour or black and white. A brush, a pen, A flash of light. Ideas flowing soon, about to take flight.
Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney The more you fail, recover, and improve, the better you are as a person.
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Agnes RepplierAgnes Repplier Lovers of the town have been content, for the most part, to say they loved it. They do not brag about its uplifting qualities. They have none of the infernal smugness which makes the lover of the country insupportable.
Agnes RepplierAgnes Repplier What would it mean to live in a city whose people were changing each other’s despair into hope?– You yourself must change it.
Adrienne RichAdrienne Rich When I get back into the city, it doesn’t matter where you plop me down, I have my friends around me and I feel so blessed.
Agathe SnowAgathe Snow I love lawyers and bankers, they are my family, but I don’t want to live with them. It doesn’t make a city.
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